Based on the Project Management Play Book it’s a Team Sport. This is a comprehensive eLearning solution that provides over 25 lessons and quizzes. The lessons follow the Project Management Institutes body of knowledge, but they are streamlined and based on real world experience that works. Unlike most project management books, courses or CBT’s it doesn’t just discuss the science side of project management such as budgeting, critical path analysis, scheduling, but it stresses the art side of project management provides valuable communication and buy in tools.
The course game plan includes:
The Starting Point which covers:
What is a Project?
What Characteristics are Common to all Projects?
Why do Projects Fail?
What are Project Management Success Factors?
How do we Synergize with Other Project Resources?
The course then follows a 4 steps project management process I.D.E.A.
Project Initiation
Who are the Project Stakeholders?
What are Their Expectations?
How do we Document the Project Scope?
Project Design/Planning
What Are the Project Scheduling Steps?
Step 1 – Review Scope Statement
Step 2 - Project Management Driving Forces
Step 3 – Define and Quantify Risks
Step 4 - Develop the Work Breakdown Structure
Step 5 - Detemine the Task Duration
Step 6 - Sequence the Activities
Step 7 - Identify the Critical Path
Step 8 - List the Project Resources
Step 9 - Assigning Resources / Costs
Communication Plan
Project Exectuion/Control
How do I Manage my own Time?
How do I Manage Project Meetings?
How do we Develop a Status Report?
How do we Manage Project Changes (Scope Creep)?
How do we Deal with Conflicts?
What are the Project Close Steps?
Also included in the PM In a box solution is a copy of The Project Management Play Book is your guide to the project management game. Bottom line: this is not a textbook; it is not based on academic models. Instead, it is based on real world experience that works. The information is presented in a light and concise fashion and it recommends a similar streamlined approach to managing projects.
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